On 6 February 2015, the Italian Red Cross awarded the people of Lampedusa its Gold Medal of Merit in honour of their generosity, humanity and respect for those fleeing violence and despair across the Mediterranean sea.

Food support is the most pressing need for the Turkish Red Crescent Society as it responds to the tens of thousands of people entering Turkey from Syria. In cooperation with the Turkish authorities, the society has provided bottles of water, energy biscui

A new wave of floods that hit isolated villages in the eastern parts of Serbia last week prompted the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to release emergency funds yesterday, 25 September in support of the Red Cros

Across the Bosnia and Herzegovina, communities are still struggling to recover from the devastating floods that swept across the country. Red Cross volunteers have helped hundreds of thousands of people.

In Sicily, dozens of Italian Red Cross (ItRC) vehicles and ambulances as well as volunteers receive migrants who land on a daily basis on the southern shores of Italy exhausted and traumatized after a perilous journey at sea.

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